A top Navy commander says there's a clear trait of a good leader: They eat risk instead of leaving it to middle managers

Adm. Sam Paparo, who leads the US Indo-Pacific command, says middle managers get 'ganged up' on by other generations when leadership should assume risk.

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• Adm. Sam Paparo says leaders need to assume risk for their teams if they want to move fast.
• He said they can't rely on middle managers, often blamed as the 'frozen middle,' to decide.
• Leaders wanting change should give their teams official leeway to 'go break the rules,' he said.

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